Amazon Inks Licensing Deal With Open Road Films

Under the exclusive deal, beginning in 2017, Amazon Prime subscribers will be able to stream select Open Road titles on the distribution company’s 2016 slate, including comedy Fifty Shades Of Black, action-thriller Triple 9, and romantic comedy Mother’s Day. Also available will be action-thriller Sleepless Night, Bleed For This, and the animated family film Blazing Samurai.

Other titles that will hit the service include the Blythe Danner Sundance acquisition I’ll See You In My Dreams; the Viggo Mortensen-starrer Captain Fantastic; and Trumbo, which stars Bryan Cranston as blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo.

Amazon Studios made the bold pronouncement in January about its company getting into the film business by producing and acquiring movies to be shown theatrically before moving to its Amazon Prime. It said it would produce about a dozen films a year. The move was seen as a direct hit to Netflix, the leader in online production.